3. Control Panel
a) Given a fixture that is set correctly, how do I set all (or some) of the channels as active in the current layer?

Select the field and hit Return. This doesn't change the value, just activates it. Likewise, selecting and then hitting DELETE then RETURN will deactivate that channel. If you want to activate everything in the control panel, click in the area (not a specific field, but in between things) and do a Select All, then Return.

This can be accomplished by using two layers and putting one in ADD mode. Then the bottom layer can be used as your "reference" and the top layer will change the values +/- relative to the reference layer.

c) Defaults for new cue list steps - It always seems to default to "show forever, crossfade for 5.1s"; Can this default be changed globally?

I agree on that. But I tend to do the "quick editing" (option click on it and just type in the change rather than using the Edit Step Action dialog).

What works fairly well is to use a "real" trackball on your computer and program one of it's buttons (if not already) for Click Lock. Then you just put the mouse over LCedit's trackball, hit the click lock and you have full movement using the real trackball. Just regular click to release.

Thanks for the input and ideas and good luck with your shows!

David Raison.
Hampshire, UK

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